Test 5 · The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape
Ava's sister says, "they're just memes, it's not real bullying." Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, they, it · What happens: say, be, not be · To what, where: memes, real bullying · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 18 «The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Ava's sister says, "they're just memes, it's not real bullying."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ava | case |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 memes | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 memes | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 memes | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 memes | cop |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 memes | advmod |
| 10 | memes | meme | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bullying | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 bullying | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 bullying | cop |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 bullying | advmod |
| 15 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 bullying | amod |
| 16 | bullying | bullying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | parataxis |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 bullying | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 bullying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ava's sister | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | they | memes | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not is a in a quote | present | it | real bullying | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It only counts if a teacher sees it happen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 counts | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 counts | advmod |
| 3 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 sees | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sees | nsubj |
| 7 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 counts | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sees | obj |
| 9 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sees | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | It | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen | present | a teacher | it | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | happen | infinitive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Memes cannot hurt anyone because they're jokes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memes | meme | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 hurt | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 hurt | advmod |
| 4 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 hurt | obj |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 jokes | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 jokes | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 jokes | cop |
| 9 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hurt | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hurt | can | Memes | anyone | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Memes = meme | jokes | tree rules |
Option 3
Bullying only counts if it happens in person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bullying | bullying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counts | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 counts | advmod |
| 3 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 happens | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 happens | nsubj |
| 6 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 counts | advcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 person | case |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 happens | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | Bullying | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | happen a condition, not said to happen | present | it | in person | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in person=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Online bullying is real bullying and can be stopped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bullying | amod |
| 2 | bullying | bullying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bullying | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bullying | cop |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bullying | amod |
| 5 | bullying | bullying | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stopped | cc |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 stopped | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 stopped | aux:pass |
| 9 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 bullying | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Online bullying | real bullying | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | can · passive | Online bullying not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V» |
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